2025 Annual Meeting

SAMBA 2025 Annual Meeting
May 15-17, 2025
Arizona Biltmore – Phoenix, AZ

Registration

Category	Early Bird (Before April 15th, 2025)	Regular/On-Site (After April 15th, 2025)
SAMBA Active or Affiliate Member	$750.00	$850.00
Non-Member	$1,049.00	$1149.00
Resident, Fellow, or Medical Student Member/Non-Member	$50.00	$50.00
One Day Registration Member	$325.00	$375.00
One Day Registration Non-Member	$400.00	$450.00

Hotel Information

Arizona Biltmore – Phoenix, AZ

There are the two options for hotel reservations:

Call 602-955-6600 and ask to speak with a reservations agent
OR
Book Online Using the Passkey Booking Link

Rooms begin at $329/night plus taxes and a daily resort fee. All guest rooms must be guaranteed by a one-night deposit, which is fully refundable up to 2 days prior to arrival, after which they are non-refundable.

The cut-off date is April 10, 2025.

Book Lodging Online

Agenda

Day 1 - Thursday, May 15th, 2025

Time	Topic	Presenter(s)
7:00AM - 8:00AM	Welcome Breakfast
8:00AM - 8:05AM	President's Welcome	Niraja Rajan, MD, SAMBA-F, FASA
8:05AM - 8:15AM	Introductions and Housekeeping	Basem B. Abdelmalak, MD, FASA, SAMBA-F
8:15AM - 9:15AM	Panel: Just Do It vs Cancel Culture How Bad is Stable Angina? Blocks vs Blood Thinners: Who Wins? Is My Dogma Chasing Your Karma?	Moderator: Basem B. Abdelmalak, MD, FASA, SAMBA-F Speakers:BobbieJean Sweitzer, MD, FACP, SAMBA-F, FASA James Moore, MD Leopoldo V. Rodriguez, MD, MBA, FAAP, FASA, SAMBA-F
9:15AM - 10:15AM	Panel: Regional Anesthesia Opportunities at the ASC What Motor-Sparing Blocks are Best for Outpt Arthroplasty? Outpatient Regional for the Breast Surgery Spinal Versus General: Which Wins in ASC? Outpatient Regional for the Abdominal Surgery	Moderator: Ashely M. Shilling, MD Ashely M. Shilling, MD Hanae K. Tokita, MD Matt Thames, MD, MBA Danielle Ludwin
10:15AM - 10:30AM	Break
10:30AM - 11:45AM	Substance Abuse Disorders Cannabis and Ambulatory Anesthesia Perioperative Pain Management for Opiate Tolerant Outpatients MOUDs: Medication for Opioid Use Disorder The Role of Complementary and Integrative Health in Ambulatory Anesthesia Battlefield Acupuncture	Moderator: Anoushka Afonso Basavana Goudra, MD, FRCA, FCARCSI, FASA Kanishka Rajput, MD, FASA Tyler S. Chernin, MD Srinivas Pyati, MBBS, MD, FCARCSI
11:45AM - 12:15PM	Pro/Con Debate: Is Fraility Score Worth My Time? Pro/Con Debate: Is Fraility Score Worth My Time? (Pro) Pro/Con Debate: Is Fraility Score Worth My Time? (Con)	Moderator: Steven Butz, MD, SAMBA-F, FASA BobbieJean Sweitzer, MD, FACP, SAMBA-F, FASA Michael V. Presta, Do
12:15PM - 1:30PM	Lunch on Your Own
1:30PM - 2:45PM	Panel: NORA Panel Show 'Em Your Slick! Here are Tips and Tricks When the Code Blue Happens in NORA What are the Newest NORA Procedures? How to Best Care for a NORA ICU Patient	Moderator: Kara M. Barnett, MD, FASA, SAMBA-F Kara M. Barnett, MD, FASA, SAMBA-F Claudia Fernandez-Robles Rafael Vazquez, MD Conrad Myler
2:45PM - 3:00PM	Networking Break
3:00PM - 4:15PM	Former Presidents' Rapid Fire Topics How to Be a Physician in the Political Sphere Six Key Experiences Vital for Developing Physician Leaders ASCTotal Joint Replacement, What is Your Perfect Spinal Local Which is Scarier: Afib or Asystole? Treatment of Dysrhythmias Encountered in Ophthalmic ORs Anaphylaxis – The Role of Biologics, An Update	Moderator: Niraja Rajan, SAMBA-F, FASA Steven Butz, MD, SAMBA-F, FASA Brian Parker, MD Leopoldo V. Rodriguez, MD, MBA, FAAP, FASA, SAMBA-F Dawn J. Schell, MD, SAMBA-F Kumar Belani, MBBS, MS, FACA, FAAP, SAMBA-F
4:15PM - 5:00PM	ACC/AHA New Guidelines	BobbieJean Sweitzer, MD, FACP, SAMBA-F, FASA
5:00PM - 7:00PM	Cocktail Reception with Sponsors & Exhibitors
5:00PM - 7:00PM	Exhibit Hall Opens
5:00PM - 7:00PM	Moderated Poster Session	Kara M. Barnett, MD, FASA, SAMBA-F

Day 2 - Friday, May 16th, 2025

Time	Topic	Presenter(s)
7:00AM - 8:00AM	Breakfast with Exhibitors
7:00AM - 8:00AM	Sponsored Breakfast Symposium (Non-CME) by Mindray
8:00AM - 9:00AM	Welcome & Morning Announcements	Moderator: Simon Lee, MD
8:10AM - 9:15AM	Back to Basics Don't Put That There! – Positioning Injuries I Can't See! – Occular Injuries What is the Current Rate Set by the Tooth Fairy? – Dental Injuries Are you 18? Consent vs Assent	Moderator: Elizabeth W. Duggan, MD, MA Elizabeth W. Duggan, MD, MA Dawn J. Schell, MD, SAMBA-F Steve Yun, MD Steven Butz, MD, SAMBA-F, FASA
9:15AM - 9:45AM	First DO NOT Harm, What Would You Do When it Happens?	Brain Parker, MD
9:45AM - 10:30AM	Break with Exhibitors
10:30AM - 11:30AM	Frontier Lecture: AI is the Future, but the Opportunity is Now!	Piyush Mathur
11:30AM - 12:00PM	GLP-1 Where the Rubber Meets the Road GLP-1 Where the Rubber Meets the Road: Theory GLP-1 Where the Rubber Meets the Road: Reality	Moderator: Basem B. Abdelmalak, MD, FASA, SAMBA-F Jamey E. Eklund, MD Kathryn H. Bridges, MD, FASA
12:00PM - 1:00PM	Sponsored Lunch Symposium (Non-CME) by Fisher & Paykel Healthcare
12:00PM - 1:15PM	Lunch on Own
1:15PM - 2:15PM	Ambulatory Anesthesia Literature: Year in Review	Girish P. Joshi, MBBS, MD, FCAI, SAMBA-F
2:00PM - 2:45PM	Break with Exhibitors
2:45PM - 4:30PM	PBLD Set 1 1 – Mental Health Diseases and the Ambulatory Anesthesia Patient 2 – Neuromuscular Monitoring - Applications During Ambulatory Surgical Care 3 – Neurodivergent Child at the ASC 4 – Complex Eye Case 5 – Do Ambulatory Anesthesiologists Need Advanced Business Degree? 6 – Complex OBA Case 7 – Navigating Multiple Comorbidities in GI NORA	Amit Singh, DO, MBA Kumar Belani, MBBS, MS, FACA, SAMBA-F Chhaya Patel, MD, SAMBA-F Gustavo A. Lozada, MD, MSEd Jarrett A. Heard, MD, MBA Meghan C. Valach, MD Olga Vornovitsky, MD
2:45PM - 5:30PM	Sponsored Regional Anesthesia Workshop by Pacria BioSciences, Inc.
6:00PM - 9:00PM	SAMBA Members Annual Social Event All members, sponsors, and exhibitors are invited

Day 3 - Saturday, May 17th, 2025

Time	Topic	Presenter(s)
7:00AM - 8:00AM	Breakfast with Exhibitors
7:00AM - 8:00AM	Sponsored Breakfast Symposium (Non-CME) by Pacira BioSciences, Inc
8:00AM - 8:10AM	Welcome & Morning Announcements
8:10AM - 9:15AM	Research Award Nominee Presentations	Moderator: Kara M. Barnett, MD, FASA, SAMBA-F
9:15AM - 10:00AM	Cases from the Real World	Moderator: Michael Walsh, MD, SAMBA-F Kelly Lebak, MD, FASA, SAMBA-F Jaime B. Hyman, MD Kara M. Barnett, MD, FASA, SAMBA-F
10:00AM - 10:45AM	Networking Break with Exhibitors
10:45AM - 12:00PM	Panel: Potpourri What to Do with an Implantable Pain Device Anesthesiologists Workplace Injuries, Boom Strike Ambulatory Anesthesia Concerns for Psychiatric Meds SGLT2Is and Phentermine	Moderator: Elizabeth W. Duggan, MD, MA Srinivas Pyati, MBBS, MD, FCARCSI Mary Ann Vann, MD, FASA Sher-Lu Pai, MD, SAMBA-F, FASA Elizabeth W. Duggan, MD, MA
12:00PM - 1:00PM	SAMBA Annual Updates and Awards Luncheon	Moderator: Niraja Rajan, MD, SAMBA-F, FASA
1:00PM - 2:00PM	ASA Update	Paul Yost, MD, FASA
2:00PM - 2:30PM	Deaths Under Dental Anesthesia – How Can We Advocate For Safer Care? Turning Pain into Passion – A Wife's Story Dental Anesthesia in the Ambulatory Setting – What is Going On?	Sangeeta Kumaraswami Shital Patel Rita Agarwal
2:30PM - 3:15PM	OBA in 2025 Recent Updates to ASA Statements Impacting OBA The Updated 2025 Emergency Crisis Manual for OBA It's Getting Harder! Patients and Procedures in OBA	Moderator: Meghan C. Valach, MD Meghan C. Valach, MD Brain M. Osman, MD
3:15PM - 3:30PM	Networking Break
3:30PM - 5:15PM	Session: Ambulatory Pediatric Anesthesia Fireside Chat	Moderator: Audra Webber, MD, FASA Marjorie P. Brennan, MD, MPH Chhaya Patel, MD, SAMBA-F Jamey E. Eklund, MD Jill Wilson
3:45PM - 5:15PM	Eye Block Workshop	Gustavo A. Lozada, MD, MSEd Dawn J. Schell, MD, SAMBA-F Penelope Duke, MD
3:45PM - 5:15PM	POCUS Workshop	Alberto Ardon, MD, MPH, SAMBA-F Siva Arumugam, MD, FASA Thomas Durick, MD Olga C. Nin, MD Heather A. Ozga, MD, MBA Layne Bettini
6:00PM - 9:00PM	VIP Dinner By Invitation Only